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by **NTESHFT** » Fri Jan 17, 2020 5:46 pm

Unicron in the background.......does this mean a titan class figure....or is this the Haslab?

News Credits: 3 · by **Decepticon Stryker** » Fri Jan 17, 2020 7:00 pm

NTESHFT wrote:Unicron in the background.......does this mean a titan class figure....or is this the Haslab?

Haslab. I believe Hasbro has stated they won't be making a Titan class Unicron besides the Haslab project. Don't quote me on that though.

News Credits: 1642 · by **D-Maximal_Primal** » Fri Jan 17, 2020 8:06 pm

Doubledealer is the one thing that that art work excited me for, the rest just made me go meh

by **NeonPrime** » Fri Jan 17, 2020 8:13 pm

VERY COOL! Here's hoping we get the rest of the 1984 line up as well as some more of the '86 movie cast AND that they are general releases. I really hate it when main characters are hard to find exclusives while the obscure ones are warming pegs.

by **Skritz** » Fri Jan 17, 2020 8:52 pm

So, I take it Hound, Sideswipe, Megatron and Shockwave are getting retools/new molds? Bleh. Talk about rehashing the dead horse. >:oP

News Credits: 1 · by **skycutter** » Fri Jan 17, 2020 8:54 pm

Skritz wrote:So, I take it Hound, Sideswipe, Megatron and Shockwave are getting retools/new molds? Bleh. Talk about rehashing the dead horse.

i think the only one of those 4 that getting a new mold is megatron, the rest are just there

MyFigureCollection.net collection · by **Emerje** » Fri Jan 17, 2020 8:58 pm

D-Maximal_Primal wrote:Doubledealer is the one thing that that art work excited me for, the rest just made me go meh

Is it wrong that the thing that made me the most excited was seeing the wheels on the inside of Doubledealer's leg? Super happy he isn't a pretool! He also has a red and gray engine in his belly, let's see if it's just sculpted in there.

Is a little interesting that they gave away his whole shtick by sticking him on the Decepticon side.

Now what is he looking at on those screens?

And who's this guy?

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It isn't one of the judge heads and it's pointing the wrong way anyway. Maybe Gnaw?

The guy being blown up might be (a) Ironworks since zooming in he appears to have a hook hand. There's another character getting thrown off the top of the Ark at the top.

To me this looks like Soundwave or SW getting reformatted into Soundblaster.

Emerje

by **Skritz** » Fri Jan 17, 2020 9:12 pm

So it IS Doubledealer? Yes, YES now THAT I'm all for!

News Credits: 1642 · by **D-Maximal_Primal** » Fri Jan 17, 2020 9:18 pm

I really really really hope that they make Doubledealer a triple changer complete with Powermaster partners

News Credits: 131 · by **no-one** » Fri Jan 17, 2020 9:19 pm

How a little better look at that box?

Hmmmmm.... Galvatron. Somehow I'm not surprised.

by **Skritz** » Fri Jan 17, 2020 9:23 pm

D-Maximal_Primal wrote:I really really really hope that they make Doubledealer a triple changer complete with Powermaster partners

With such slavish devotion to G1 it probably will be. At the very least the triple changer part.

News Credits: 8 · by **Flashwave** » Fri Jan 17, 2020 9:25 pm

carytheone wrote:How a little better look at that box?

Hmmmmm.... Galvatron. Somehow I'm not surprised.

I wabt a Galvatron as a cannon and reshell it into a bew Straxus.

News Credits: 131 · by **no-one** » Fri Jan 17, 2020 9:38 pm

I pulled a few screen grabs for a better look.

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And I cannot unsee a face on the Ark now 8-}

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News Credits: 8 · by **Mr.MicroMaster** » Fri Jan 17, 2020 9:39 pm

I guess this conforms those rumors we saw.

News Credits: 131 · by **no-one** » Fri Jan 17, 2020 9:44 pm

Emerje wrote:And who's this guy?

It isn't one of the judge heads and it's pointing the wrong way anyway. Maybe Gnaw?

I just assumed it was another face of the Quintesson. Doesn't look like Gnaw - maybe the Allicon?

Now that I've gotten a good look at the bot in the bubble, I'm also thinking Soundwave. You may have nailed it being Soundblaster though.

So much excite on a box.

by **negativedan** » Fri Jan 17, 2020 9:50 pm

Hi everyone, long time lurker first time poster here. I didn't see anyone mention this yet so figured I'd chime in. Warden had previously said each toy in Earthrise would include a piece to a map. With these new box images I think it's clear that the part with the decoder is the map piece as it has the blue dotted lines to cut on. This gives us a good idea of what the overall map will look like as well. (not sure how I feel about cutting into my packaging though lol)

News Credits: 31 · by **bacem** » Sat Jan 18, 2020 12:14 am

came here from the news. expecting discusssion about upcoming figure, which i found. did not expect debate about earth geographic, which i also found.

on another note, yes to doubledealer!! that guy hasn't got proper update for a long time, so it is about time.

News Credits: 340 · by **Stargrave** » Sat Jan 18, 2020 1:59 am

Assuming everything having a purpose it’s not nothing Galvatron’s legs look new. I wonder if we’ll get him with Megs simultaneously in the story like they’re separate characters again, if it’s just a nod to the Unicron toy, if it’s a good enough hint we’ll get Swoop and Cyclonus. Seems so soon for all of them though.

MyFigureCollection.net collection · by **Emerje** » Sat Jan 18, 2020 6:13 am

I wonder if this (rumored) Galvatron is why we haven't heard a peep about Selects Super Megatron which was going to be retooled from TR Galvatron? Perhaps they shifted gears when Hasbro decided on the (rumored) do-over. Hope so, I wasn't too keen on Super Megatron potentially being a Headmaster.

Emerje

by **Skritz** » Sat Jan 18, 2020 8:45 am

Stargrave wrote:Assuming everything having a purpose it’s not nothing Galvatron’s legs look new. I wonder if we’ll get him with Megs simultaneously in the story like they’re separate characters again, if it’s just a nod to the Unicron toy, if it’s a good enough hint we’ll get Swoop and Cyclonus. Seems so soon for all of them though.

I know and its getting to the point I'm having to weight 'do I replace this figure in my collection' a mere 1-2 years after getting it, rather than say 3-5 or even almost 5-10 for people who started collecting CHUG way earlier than me. The only guy I fully intend to replace with a much more accurate figure is T30 Doubledealer, which I got for cheap way back and never really liked anyway.

News Credits: 8 · by **Flashwave** » Sat Jan 18, 2020 12:19 pm

Skritz wrote:
Stargrave wrote:Assuming everything having a purpose it’s not nothing Galvatron’s legs look new. I wonder if we’ll get him with Megs simultaneously in the story like they’re separate char

Lmacters again, if it’s just a nod to the Unicron toy, if it’s a good enough hint we’ll get Swoop and Cyclonus. Seems so soon for all of them though.

I know and its getting to the point I'm having to weight 'do I replace this figure in my collection' a mere 1-2 years after getting it, rather than say 3-5 or even almost 5-10 for people who started collecting CHUG way earlier than me. The only guy I fully intend to replace with a much more accurate figure is T30 Doubledealer, which I got for cheap way back and never really liked anyway.

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Me too. If I had more display spce it would be fine, but my shelves are crowded as is.

News Credits: 2 · by **Microbot** » Sat Jan 18, 2020 5:41 pm

I hope to get a great new mold for Arcee, and maybe soon the Dinobots again too (but not combine, for Primus, please!)

News Credits: 4 · by **Slashercon** » Sat Jan 18, 2020 7:04 pm

Microbot wrote:I hope to get a great new mold for Arcee, and maybe soon the Dinobots again too (but not combine, for Primus, please!)

Yes and double yes. I actually thought the POTP Dinobots were pretty cool for having a combining gimmick ( especially love Swoop), but a more traditional set of Dinobots that aren't restricted via combiner pegs would be great. If I had my way, they'd all be voyager, with maybe Grimlock or Sludge being leaders with extra accessories/armor bits.

(In a fantasy world, the Dinobots would have updated dinomodes to better reflect their looks from Fall of Cybertron, but I know the WFC line is aesthetically more G1 with a bit more detail, so that's not really on the cards I guess.)

HOWEVER, I am aware that this 80% won't happen, seeing as how we just got them in the POTP line and Hasbro probably checked them off the list of characters that they don't "need" to update. And I'm not sure if anyone else is up for updates for them so soon (?).

News Credits: 456 · by **Sabrblade** » Sat Jan 18, 2020 7:20 pm

Slashercon wrote:HOWEVER, I am aware that this 80% won't happen, seeing as how we just got them in the POTP line and Hasbro probably checked them off the list of characters that they don't "need" to update.

Change "probably" to "likely" and you've got that right.

News Credits: 25 · by **Ironhidensh** » Sat Jan 18, 2020 7:32 pm

Sabrblade wrote:
Slashercon wrote:HOWEVER, I am aware that this 80% won't happen, seeing as how we just got them in the POTP line and Hasbro probably checked them off the list of characters that they don't "need" to update.
Change "probably" to "likely" and you've got that right.

Maybe so, but I still refuse to give up hope that we will get actual good updates to the Dinobots one of these days.